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Dirty Little Secrets
- Narrated by: Michele Moran
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thriller & Suspense
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Summary
From the best-selling author of The Perfect Lie.
In the exclusive gated community of Withered Vale, people's lives appear as perfect as their beautifully manicured lawns. Money, success, privilege - the residents have it all. Life is good.
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Critic reviews
"Sensational...taut and claustrophobic, wickedly plotted and laced with the kind of dark humour that lifts Jo Spain to the top of my reading pile every single time." (Chris Whitaker)
"A slice of suspense." (Sunday Times)
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- David M
- 23-03-19
A Delightfully Different Style of Thriller.
Delightfully different to ubiquitous "domestic thriller with the woman as the lead character", story. This book is a creatively new approach to thriller writing. (I can't say exactly how it is different without spoiling some of the pleasure.)
The prologue in particular is wonderfully written. It grabbed me right away and set the tone for the remainder.
Set in Ireland, we find a group of 6 large and expensive new houses, plus one original small house that was in place years before the developers came along. The now 7 houses are part of an exclusive gated community. We gradually learn that the occupants of the houses all have their own dirty little secrets, and just about all the people in the community have some reason why they might have killed Olive - the one who died.
The two detectives aren't the main focus, but we see them as human beings who have their own personal issues.
I loved the style of writing, some nice subtle humour. Good narration too.
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- Talia Ross
- 08-07-19
Fantastic
Fabulous narration, you could tell who all the characters were without the narrator resorting to silly voices.
Story wise, really good plot with good pacing.I find this author very addictive and I was not disappointed with this book. Although a large cast of characters it doesn’t become over complicated, just the right amount of detail is given to each character to make the feel believable and for the listener to be invested in what happens next.
Amazing book again, fast becoming one of my fav authors.
Side note- I am from Scotland and I am loving the Irish narrators; (Scottish ones too) I have been listening to mostly theses accents and I find the American and English accents far too harsh now when listening.
If you like soothing voices, without compromising on plot jo Spain books are a good shout
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- Jules
- 15-03-19
Oh yes!
This is a really good one. I enjoyed this book very much and as my husband would tell you, I’m difficult to please. It’s well read on the whole, the story is quirky, not your usual flawed detective blah, blah,blah and it kept my interest right to the end. It’s not corny or silly and the picture of each household built gradually, changing my thoughts about them as it went along. Clever. Definitely worth a precious credit in my opinion.
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- Lindypops
- 12-01-20
Disappointing.
I found this book very disappointing indeed, having read Jo Spain before I was looking forward to this book, I did listen to a few chapters But it was just full of sex within a gated community and its various inhabitants. It became tedious to listen to and I returned this book.
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- stink
- 09-03-19
Highly enjoyed!
I would highly recommend this book to anyone. I really enjoyed this book as the characters are realistic, I know a few of them myself. I enjoyed the narrator's as well. Highly recommend!💖💖💖💕
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- Tig66
- 06-09-19
A little diferent..............
Story was an interesting narrative. Whilst you thought you knew what was coming it still had the twist you weren't quite expecting. Really enjoyed this.
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- sindydean
- 22-03-19
Thoroughly entertaining in dark way.
I Love the story line, the main character was absolutely genius. The plot was unpredictable and very clever. The narrator conveyed the characters with interest and accuracy. It’s a MUST read. 5 stars.
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- Jennifer Chennell
- 19-03-19
great book
Jo Spain back to her best. I didnt like confessions so was sceptical about buying another stand alone but i loved it. Fast paced page turner with a good twist at the end
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- Teresa evans
- 11-09-19
Dirty little secrets
Wow what a enjoyable book story line was great narration good. Kept me listening to it.
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- miss s a martin
- 03-03-19
Brilliant
Probably my favourite Jo Spain book to date. Keeps you guessing all the way through.
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- JJ
- 04-03-21
Absolutely loved it.
This was one of those books that I both couldn’t wait to finish, and yet didn’t want to end at the same time. The narrator is excellent and does a great job of giving life to the cast of characters that form the gated community in which the story is set. The story is deliciously compelling, everyone has secrets, but were they really motives for murder?
I’ll definitely seek out more of Jo Spain’s novels and more books narrated by Michele Moran too.
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